At NEMO Science Museum, visitors can discover the incredible journey of the bar-tailed godwit. Every year, these birds travel thousands of kilometres between West Africa and their breeding grounds in the Siberian Arctic. Some individuals complete non-stop flights of more than 10,000 kilometres. Before continuing to the Arctic, bar-tailed godwits rely on the Wadden Sea as a crucial stopover site, where they feed on lugworms and build up the energy reserves needed for the final stage of their journey.

NEMO has opened a new exhibition exploring the migration of animals and the global connections that shape life on Earth. Satellite imagery is projected onto a large interactive globe, illustrating how the changing seasons influence migration across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. With beautiful images and compelling storytelling, the presentation also highlights the links between Saharan dust, humpback whales, humans, and bar-tailed godwits, and shows how their movements provide insights into climate change.

BirdEyes and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) contributed to the exhibition by providing expertise and data.

The exhibition is also available for school in the Netherlands.